Vocabulary

mound; heap; hillock

(compulsory) retirement age; age limit

philosophy

exhibition; display

view; outlook; prospect

shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; (near the) shop entrance

dot; spot; point; speck; mark

electrical machinery; appliances

radio wave; reception; signal

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.)

city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

freezing (e.g. water)

person concerned; interested party; related party

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

accounting; finance; account; reckoning; the bill / check

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

map; atlas; chart; plan

heat; fever

airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft

departure; leaving; setting off

account (e.g. bank); account

older brother; elder brother

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; husband

mother; mom; mum; ma

Metropolitan assemblyman

commercial broadcast

(school) grade; year; class

Minister of International Trade and Industry

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml

sect; denomination

leaving out; omitting; skipping; dispensing with

usual state of things

original inhabitant; aboriginal

sale; selling

first match (in a series)

well